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Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve quality of life for people being diagnosed, treated for or living with cancer under the National Cancer Plan .

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
8 Jan 2026
Answer
16 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve quality of life for people being diagnosed, treated for or living with cancer under the National Cancer Plan .

  2. 8 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The National Cancer Plan will have patients at its heart and will cover the entirety of the cancer pathway, from referral and diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care, as well as prevention, and research and innovation. It will seek to improve every aspect...

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Possible follow-up questions

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Primary Health Care: Buildings

14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the condition of the primary care estate in England; and what proportion of GP premises are currently rated as (a) good, (b) requiring improvement, and (c

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Primary Health Care: Buildings

14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the backlog maintenance costs for GP surgeries and other primary care premises in England.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Primary Health Care: Buildings

14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated for the improvement and expansion of the primary care estate in each of the last five financial years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Primary Health Care: Buildings

14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the additional costs of maintaining and developing primary care estates in island, rural, and coastal communities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: Standards

15 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of capacity pressures in secondary care, particularly at hospital front doors, including staffing levels and bed availability.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: Finance

15 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much additional funding has been allocated in the current financial year to expand secondary care capacity, including staffing and bed numbers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Waiting Lists

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish full, raw NHS waiting-list data including removals and treatment activity on a weekly and monthly basis.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Waiting Lists

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will report the number of patients removed from waiting lists data and the reasons for their removal.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Waiting Lists

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the reduction in NHS waiting lists since April 2025 is attributable to patient removals; and if he will publish a breakdown of waiting-list change by treatment status.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Waiting Lists

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients are not wrongly removed from the official NHS waiting list due to administrative issues.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: Standards

6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve access to GPs and (b) increase the number of FTE GPs (i) in work and (ii) on permanent contracts.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: Employers' Contributions

6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions to (a) GP practices, (b) the number of FTE GPs in work and (c) locum GPs.